HONOLULU & MAUI, HI – Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Air Canada i kēia lā e hoʻomaka ana ʻo ia i ka lā 5 o Dekemaba, 2009, e hoʻomaka ana ka lawelawe hoʻomaha hoʻokahi wale nō ma waena o Hawaii a me Calgary, AB.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mokulele pau ʻole mai Honolulu a me Maui a hiki i Calgary i kēia hoʻoilo, e mālama ana ma mua o ʻelua hola a me ka hapa o ka manawa huakaʻi ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka lele ʻana ma luna o nā alahele ʻē aʻe," wahi a Marcel Forget, hope. pelekikena, Hoʻolālā Pūnaewele, Air Canada. “Ke manaʻo nei mākou e kaulana loa kēia lawelawe hou me ko Albertans e ʻimi nei e pakele i ka hoʻoilo a hauʻoli i nā mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mokulele Hawaii-Calgary hou o Air Canada no nā pilina kūpono i Edmonton a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Toronto, a me nā wahi ma ka hikina o Kanada.
E lawelawe ʻo Air Canada i kēia mau mokulele me Boeing 767-300ER mokulele e hāʻawi ana i kahi koho o ka lawelawe ʻoihana hoʻokele a i ʻole ʻoihana. Loaʻa nā mokulele i kēia manawa no ke kūʻai ʻana, me nā kumukūʻai e hoʻomaka ana ma kahi o US$254 ma ke ala hoʻokahi mai Honolulu a i Calgary, a me US$281 ma ke ala hoʻokahi mai Maui a i Calgary ma mua o ka ʻauhau a me nā uku ʻē aʻe.
I kēia hoʻoilo, hāʻawi ʻo Air Canada i ʻelima mau mokulele mai Hawaii a Calgary, me ʻelua mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule mai Honolulu a hiki i ʻekolu mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule mai Maui. Ma nā Pōʻaono e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 5 o Kekemapa (me nā huakaʻi hou aku i ka Pōʻakahi a me nā Pōʻalima e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 21 o Dekemaba), e haʻalele ana ka mokulele AC 44 iā Maui i ka hola 19:55, a hōʻea i Calgary i ka hola 05:15. E haʻalele ana ka mokulele AC 43 iā Calgary i ka hola 14:20, a hōʻea hou i Maui i ka hola 18:35.
Ma nā lā Sābati e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 6 o Kekemapa (me nā huakaʻi hou aku i nā Pōʻalima e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 24 o Dekemaba), haʻalele ka mokulele AC 42 iā Honolulu i ka hola 19:40, a hōʻea i Calgary i ka hola 05:10. E haʻalele ana ka mokulele AC 41 iā Calgary i ka hola 14:05, a hōʻea hou i Honolulu i ka hola 18:20.
E hoʻokō nā huakaʻi Hawaiʻi-Calgary i nā mokulele he 15 o kēlā me kēia pule i ka wā hoʻoilo kiʻekiʻe mai Hawaii a Vancouver, BC.
“Me kā mākou hoʻoikaika koke ʻana i ka Hawaii Tourism Authority i kālele ʻia i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka poʻe malihini e hiki mai ana, ua hauʻoli mākou, me ka Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau, e hui pū me Air Canada i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna mau huakaʻi hoʻomaha manawa ʻole mai Calgary a i Oahu a me Maui. ,” wahi a Mike McCartney, ka pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o ka Hawaii Tourism Authority. "Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Canada i kahi mākeke koʻikoʻi no ko mākou mokuʻāina, a ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā malihini hou aʻe ma o nā mokulele hou o Air Canada e ʻike i nā mea āpau a Hawaii e hāʻawi ai."
Hāʻawi ʻo Air Canada ma Montréal i ka hoʻokele mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia a hoʻolimalima ʻia no nā poʻe kaʻa a me nā ukana i nā wahi ʻoi aku ma mua o 170 ma ʻelima mau ʻāina. ʻO ka mea lawe hae hae o Canada ka 13th nui loa o nā mokulele kalepa ma ka honua a lawelawe i 33 miliona mau mea kūʻai aku i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He lālā hoʻokumu ʻo Air Canada o Star Alliance, e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa ea holoʻokoʻa loa o ka honua no ka huakaʻi home, transborder, a me ka huakaʻi honua. Eia kekahi, hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hōʻiliʻili i nā mile Aeroplan no nā makana e hiki mai ana ma o ka papahana kūpaʻa alakaʻi o Canada.
